SWEET & SOUR MEATBALLS

This was my favorite dish growing up. It was my grandmother’s recipe. (The recipe card was left to my Aunt and Uncle; they still have the original one, it looks like it’s like 100 years old.) My grandmother would make it for me on my birthday every year, and my mom would make it for me on special occasions. While the recipe is “Sweet & Sour Meatballs,” for some reason, my grandmother always called it “Swedish Meatballs.” My grandmother passed away in 2006. She was one of my best friends, and the greatest person I knew. We learned a lot about her after she died that she kept private, including her philanthropy and her incredibly selflessness. This dish reminds me of growing up and of my grandmother!

-Bobby Bonett

Indgredients

1 small onion

1 green pepper

2 cans tomato sauce

2 lbs chop meat

4 tbsp lemon juice

4 tbsp brown sugar

1/2 glass water

Directions

Saute chopped onion and green pepper strips

Add tomato sauce, water, lemon juice, and brown sugar

Keep the pot uncovered

When this mixture is boiling, put meatballs in Lower the flame and cover Cook 1 1/2 hours